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Two candidates vie for UL Presidency
Dr. Miller:
by LANCE MABRY
Dr. James Miller, a presidential candidate,
describes the university's role in this man­ner:
"The main thing a university is a bout
is teaching students and giving them an op­portunity
to learn - that comes before the
social activities and the athletic. On the
other hand , there are lots of ways you can
have all of them. One of the great things
about UL is that it has by far the largest
power to borrow money for construction
of things - you know like buildings and
so on , of any institution in the state."
Another ttting, according to Dr. Miller,
"The new president is going to have to
use that borrowing power wisely. I think UL
can get some of everything with the amount
of money available ."
When asked about his qualifications for
the position, Dr. Miller said, "I have always
been a professor· my whole life has been
spent in the universities . . . • On the other
side of my life , I have been an administrator;
I've done quite a bit of large-scale adminis­trating."
Outlining UL's prospects for future in­novations,
Dr. Miller commented, "You
learn the facts and discover what strengths
and weaknesses are, you study the needs of
the community and the state, you find out
what other people are doing - you plan pro­grams
in terms of that."
One of the new president's most pressing
problems will be establishing effective com­munications.
Dr. Miller would remedy this by
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DR. JAMES G. MILLER
U of L Presidential Candidate
involving students in University affairs. "I
think students should be on all the com­mittees.''
If Miller is selected president. he proposes
there be set up an "academic forum" which
would meet every three weeks •. "There any­one
could come and see me that wants and
bring up anything he wanted."
Speed presents
Engineer's Day
by RIA BOSCO
On Feb. 18 and 19 The Speed Scientific
School will hold its 42nd Annual Engineers'
Day. This event will be open to the public,
and UL students are especially invited to
come and see "what goes on on the other
side of the street."
From 1 until 8 p.m. both Sunday and
Monday the doors will be open for every­one
to tour the buildings and view displays
by students and various industries and busi­nesses
in the area.
An opening day ceremony will be con­ducted
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday , in the Virginia
Speed Auditorium. Welcoming addresses will
be given by Acting President William F.
Ekstrom; Dr. Harry Saxe, Dean of the
Speed School ; Mike Lesshafft , President of
the Speed Student Council and Dr. Carrol
·Witten , President of the Louisville Board of
Alderman.
The theme will be "Engineering: A Bet­ter
Environment Through Technology."
Other speakers are Thomas 0. Harris,
commissioner for the Department of Na­tural
Resources and Environmental Protec­tion
; Col. Charles J. Fiala, district engineer
for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and
U.S. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli D-3rd Dist.
A student project from each of the de­partments,
such as educahonal toys by
freshmen engineering students, and a model
bridge of a different design that could be
built across the Ohio River will be displayed.
Additional features will include slides
and films, and a geometography machine
which draws pictures 60x60 in. both in
color and black and white.
Dr. Miles:
by LANCE MABRY
Presidential candidate Leland Miles, in an
interview, says: "A president is a direction­pointer.
He's one who, having gotten the facts,
points directions or says in effect to the
community what is the directiOfl that he
thinks we ought to go . His views ought to be
respected - though they will often be dis­agreed
with - because he's the only person
really in the community that academically
has no axes to grind . He 's speaking for the
university as a whole."
Furthermore, Dr. Miles says: "The only
thing a president claims is , unlike most other
administrative officials - built into his own
position is a neutrality of point of view, an
objectivity."
When asked about the value of a master
plan , Dr. Miles emphasized its importance as
an effective fund-raising document and as a
plan that produces an amelioracy for change.
He also said , " A school like this needs to
have a long-range study which can decide
what it wants to be and what its priorities
are."
Miles suggested as a possible governing
structure for UL the unicameral legislature,
which was successfully used at Alfred
University. This unicameral legislature
represented all segments of the university -
students, faculty, and staff.
"The central mission of the university ,"
according ~~. _ Miles "is not athletics, not
entertainment; the ·central mission is in­tellectual
and academic. . . . Athletics
would have to assume a subordinant role
within that context."
Monday Dr. Miles, in a forum with the
faculty, noted the risks involved in the
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DR. LELAND W. MILES
U of L Presidential Candidate
selection of a new president. "You'll be tak­ing
a chance on your next chief executive and
he will be taking a chance on you."
In appraising UL's future, Dr. Miles said,
"Self-5tudy is only the first step in what I
call long-range study. Then you get basic
data back - here is what we are and where
we are. The next step is where do we go
from here?"
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photograph by Ken Alexander
Scientist at work
Salt water taffy made by the Chemical
Engineering department will be passed out.
Prep~g a project for Enginee~'s Day, Robert Burke works intensely on the transmission of a television signal by laser beam. Engineer's
Day will feature many such proJects. -